Example sentences of "be [verb] for [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
2 | Well you 'll be looking for it in a bit wo n't you ? |
3 | Andy has got a job to do and so have I. But if I lose he will be gutted for me at the end and if I lose I will be gutted for him . ’ |
4 | As a result , a patient can relate to one group of staff during the waking hours , and knows that the same staff will be caring for him during the night period . |
5 | For all she knew , Molassi could be waiting for her at the bottom , his knife drawn , standing over the body of Rodomonte . |
6 | The photographer would be waiting for her by the exhibition stand in twenty minutes or so . |
7 | I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane . |
8 | ‘ No doubt the news will be waiting for me around the garrison by now , ’ he said . |
9 | Will Mum and Dad be waiting for me in the hall ? |
10 | They would be waiting for him at the train 's next scheduled stop , the guard would see to that . |
11 | I would be waiting for him outside the room and would suggest that he too withdraw a minor claim ; then add a new demand . |
12 | He should be waiting for you in the transport yard at the back . ’ |
13 | ‘ Sophia will be waiting for us at the vicarage , ’ said Mrs Grandison . |
14 | Governors will , therefore , depend heavily upon the guidance and information which can be provided for them within the school . |
15 | With a bit of luck , she would be begging for it by the time he came back . |
16 | The take or place booking means that the client will be offered a room if there has been a ‘ no show ’ or cancellation , and failing that accommodation will be found for them at a comparable hotel , usually within the same chain of hotels . |
17 | The common law provides quite an armoury of such principles , and new applications can be found for them by a bold judge . |
18 | Next morning in the market , shopping for a picnic , our struggles with the phrasebook brought an English-speaking Thai to our rescue , explaining that the quail eggs we had bought were raw , but could be cooked for us in the soup cauldron wherever we took breakfast . |
19 | I 'll never be mistaken for him in the street then . |
20 | It had already dawned on the girl that , from this moment on , she was on her own , and that there was nobody to stand between her and whatever might be devised for her in the future . |
21 | A number of organisations to which we spoke provided ( paid ) training for people filling such positions , despite the fact that they would only be working for them on a casual basis and might even use the skills they acquired working for other organisations . |
22 | He was so modest , reticent , and reserved that his paper on his voyage of 1880 , given at the Royal Geographical Society , had to be read for him by the secretary . |